NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE vs ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE and ATI Radeon 9200 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 239 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 328 MHz
  • 17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 51 vs 3
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 135
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 January 2005 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed 300 MHz vs 239 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 400 MHz vs 328 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 51 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark 234 vs 135

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

  • 796.7x more texture fill rate: 956 MTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 956 MTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
51
3
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
234
135
Name NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE ATI Radeon 9200 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 51 3
PassMark - G2D Mark 234 135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 207

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE ATI Radeon 9200 PRO

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rage 7
Code name NV43 A2 RV280
Launch date 1 January 2005 1 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1292 1231
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 300 MHz 239 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1.2 GTexel / s 956 MTexel / s
Transistor count 146 million 36 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 8.1
OpenGL 2.1 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 5.25 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 328 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR